Summit Creek Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173987
MAS/MILS ID 0320230182
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Betty Millsite, Linda Millsite, Bart Claims, Summit Canyon Mine, Rex Claims Group, Summit Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.27843, 38.98212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2536
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 042 E 20 NENWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Crossbedded quartzite, siltstone, and phyllite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Republic Resources Inc.
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Barium Products And Mining Co.
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 98, 1984,

  • Deposit

    P. 109-110.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MAP 6, 1962.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

  • Deposit

    P. 209-210.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY REPORT 4, 1963, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT, JULY 8, 1981.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS BISMUTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.